Mortality Amongst Illicit Drug Users: Epidemiology, Causes and Intervention

by Louisa Degenhardt, Shane Darke, Richard Mattick

Book Overview

Over the past 40 years the rate of illicit drug use worldwide has risen dramatically, and with it the number of deaths reported among drug-using populations. What are the clinical, ethical and psychopathological implications of these deaths? In this book, Shane Darke and his team provide the first full, synthetic review of the epidemiology, causes, prevalence, demography, and associated risk factors of illicit-drug-related mortality. In addition,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107406412
• ISBN13: 9781107406414
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"